On August 10-11, 2012 over 700 social justice fundraiser organizers from across the country came together in Oakland to build and strengthen our collective resources, grassroots fundraising skills, and vision for our movements.

Saru Jayaraman is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) and an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College. Founded by Saru and displaced 9/11 workers, ROC now 8000 members in eight affiliates nationwide. Saru co-edited The New Urban Immigrant Workforce, (ME Sharpe, 2005). Saru is a graduate of Yale Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was profiled in the New York Times “Public Lives” section in 2005, and was named one of Crain’s “40 Under 40” in 2008, 1010 Wins’ “Newsmaker of the Year,” and one of New York Magazine’s “Influentials” of New York.

Attica Woodson Scott was appointed as the District 1 representative to Louisville Metro Council in October 2011. District 1 spans the west and southwest areas of Jefferson County. She served as Coordinator of Kentucky Jobs with Justice from 2004-2012. Attica previously served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Bellarmine University from 2009-2011 having recently taught a course on “Social Networking for Social Justice.” In 2005, she was selected to serve as a Forum Fellow for the Courier-Journal and featured in “People to Watch” in Louisville Magazine, and was awarded the 2011 national “Woman of Vision” honor by the Ms. Foundation for Women.